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Vec2UAge: Enhancing Underage Age Estimation Performance through Facial Embeddings
Authors: Anda, Felix; Dixon, Edward; Bou-Harb, Elias, Le-Khac, Nhien-An and Scanlon, Mark
Publication Name: Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation
Automated facial age estimation has drawn increasing attention in recent years. Several applications relevant to digital forensic investigations include the identification of victims, suspects and missing children, and the decrease of investigators' exposure to psychologically impacting material. Nevertheless, due to the lack of accurately labelled age datasets, particularly for the underage age range, sufficient performance accuracy remains a major challenge in the field of age estimation. To address the problem, a novel regression-based model was created, Vec2UAge. FaceNet embeddings were extracted and used as feature vectors to train the model from the VisAGe and Selfie-FV datasets. A balanced, unbiased dataset was created for testing and validation. Data augmentation techniques were evaluated to further be used to expand the training dataset. The learning rate (lr) is one of the most important hyper-parameters for deep neural networks; a cyclic learning rate approach was used to find the optimal initial value for lr and the performance was evaluated. The distribution of model performance was presented per optimiser and one of the winning models with a Stochastic Weight Averaging (SWA) optimised training run reached a mean absolute error rate as low as 2.36 years. Additionally, the time of convergence using SWA was significantly faster than other optimisers evaluated, i.e., ADAGRAD, ADAM and Stochastic Gradient Descent. The evaluation model metric is presented in a form of a distribution rather than a single value, giving more insights into the effects of the random initialisations, optimisers and the learning rate on the outcome.
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author={Anda, Felix and Dixon, Edward and Bou-Harb, Elias, Le-Khac, Nhien-An and Scanlon, Mark},
title="{Vec2UAge: Enhancing Underage Age Estimation Performance through Facial Embeddings}",
journal="{Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation}",
year=2021,
month=03,
publisher={Elsevier},
abstract={Automated facial age estimation has drawn increasing attention in recent years. Several applications relevant to digital forensic investigations include the identification of victims, suspects and missing children, and the decrease of investigators' exposure to psychologically impacting material. Nevertheless, due to the lack of accurately labelled age datasets, particularly for the underage age range, sufficient performance accuracy remains a major challenge in the field of age estimation. To address the problem, a novel regression-based model was created, Vec2UAge. FaceNet embeddings were extracted and used as feature vectors to train the model from the VisAGe and Selfie-FV datasets. A balanced, unbiased dataset was created for testing and validation. Data augmentation techniques were evaluated to further be used to expand the training dataset. The learning rate (lr) is one of the most important hyper-parameters for deep neural networks; a cyclic learning rate approach was used to find the optimal initial value for lr and the performance was evaluated. The distribution of model performance was presented per optimiser and one of the winning models with a Stochastic Weight Averaging (SWA) optimised training run reached a mean absolute error rate as low as 2.36 years. Additionally, the time of convergence using SWA was significantly faster than other optimisers evaluated, i.e., ADAGRAD, ADAM and Stochastic Gradient Descent. The evaluation model metric is presented in a form of a distribution rather than a single value, giving more insights into the effects of the random initialisations, optimisers and the learning rate on the outcome.}
© Mark Scanlon 2021


I have always found these two simple verses to be very confusing. I will not resolve my confusion by writing this short post; I will merely expose it.
Verse 12 clearly seems to be speaking of the Christ-believer's adoption into the family of God. That this is adoption, and not birth, is made obvious by the clause saying that the Christ-believer is given the right, the authority, to become a child of God. The verse does not say anything about how the Christ-believer exercise that right, how he cashes it in. From the rest of Scripture, we know that transaction occurs automatically following faith.
The additional clause, "even to those who believe in His name," clarifies the opening statement: receiving Christ, as opposed to those who rejected Him, is the same as believing in His name, where His name refers to His Person, character, mission, and the works He performed to fulfill His mission.
But then verse 13 creates a couple problems: 1) it describes being born of God, not adopted, and 2) it explicitly excludes any preceding voluntary act on the part of human beings. Both of these feed each other: in being born a baby is entirely passive. He cannot do anything to make conception occur.
Nicodemus obviously understood this, later in John, when he responded to the rebirth metaphor by asking, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?" (John 3:4; NASB) One old commentator suggested that Nicodemus took Jesus too literally. But that's absurd. Nicodemus was "the teacher of Israel." Surely he was well accustomed to using and hearing figurative language. His response to Jesus built on the metaphor. He essentially replied, "What am I to do? I cannot make myself be born. Being born just happens to us without any will or action of ours. You've left me nothing to do!" That was precisely Jesus' point. "You must be born again," is not the gospel message except in demonstrating the need for it. Jesus' was demolishing Nicodemus' pride. This is a pre-evangelistic message.
Another possibility is that the antecedent of "who" in verse 13 is "those who believe in His name" immediately preceding in verse 12. The exclusively divine act, without human participation, in giving birth produces Christ-believers. So, God acts alone to give birth to children. These children then believe voluntarily, and God makes them His children by right, i.e., by adoption, as a consequence of their faith. So every believer is a child of God twice over: by birth and by adoption. This seems unnecessary. But that is what we learn to expect of this God, a hyper-abounding grace. He acts in order to give His people assurance that they are His people and He is their God.
Now I must admit that this is not the most natural way to read these two verses, but then their syntax is very awkward. I'm not sure there is a smooth way to read them. If my analysis of these two often cited verses is correct then it has tremendous implications for our view of the relation between being born again and faith. Instead of the common evangelical view that believing causes us to be born again, these two verses must be read as teaching that being born again causes faith which then causes our adoption into the family of God. They teach two ways of being children of God, birth and adoption, rather than just one. And the first is solely the act of God, without any participation of ours.


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How transport technologies are changing Moscow
Intelligent transport system (ITS) is actively developing in the capital, and includes trams with satellite navigation, electric buses; reportedly self driving taxis including flying ones are on the way. The future, which recently was possible to see only in science fiction films, is becoming a reality. How does the introduction of new technologies change the face of Moscow and the inhabitants of the metropolis?
Marina Degtyareva
ITS is an urban system that is designed to decrees traffic on capital's roads and improve road safety using innovative technologies. ITS has been operating since 2011 and is already bringing significant results. Smart traffic lights, automatic registration of traffic violations, dedicated lanes for public transport, notification of motorists about road conditions and free parking spaces, online monitoring of public transport - all this is included in the ITS structure.
Today, more than 2.6 thousand intersections in Moscow are regulated by traffic lights with an adaptive control mode. This means that with the help of sensors installed above the road, data about the traffic situation is monitored and the traffic light switches on/off automatically depending on the presence or absence of traffic jams on this section of the road, accident and other factors. The situation on the roads is monitored using more than 2 thousand cameras and 3.7 thousand detectors.
As a result of the introduction of ITS, the situation on the roads of Moscow is changing for the better. Accident rates significantly decreased, compared with 2010, the number of accidents decreased by almost 50% (by 1.9% in 2017). Despite the increased number of cars (+100,000) and large-scale improvement of the city "My Street", traffic congestion also decreased by 3.8% over the past year.
Fr om September 2017, silent low-floor trams with telematics, air conditioners and with validators instead of turnstiles run in Moscow. They already operate on seven routes.
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Each wagon seats 260 people. The cars have satellite navigation, video surveillance cameras and an air conditioning system. Satellite navigation helps to track the movement of the tram in real time through mobile applications, for example, Yandex.Transport, which also indicates the time of its arrival at the stop. This is convenient, since you should not to be out in the cold in winter at the bus stop, but come directly to the arrival of the tram.
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Trams are virtually silent thanks to the design of a wheeled trolley. The autonomous range of the tram is 1.5 thousand meters. With a power outage, this will allow transport to be taken fr om the site where it interferes with traffic. By the end of 2019, there will be 300 Vityaz-M trams in the capital.
During 2018, 300 eco-friendly electric buses should run in Moscow. The city authorities have already announced a tender for their supply, and one of the main conditions is the Russian localization of production. According to the terms of reference, innovative urban transport should be not only environmentally friendly, but also high-tech. Satellite navigation, climate control, video surveillance systems, USB-connectors for charging mobile devices, Wi-Fi - this is only part of the equipment of the electric buses, which will make traveling in them not only environmentally friendly, but also comfortable and safe for passengers.
Trips around the city became more accessible and more convenient thanks to the mobile taxi services such as Uber, Gett and Yandex Taxi. Now taxi is a convenient and inexpensive transport that often replaces not only the metro, but also your own car. People call a taxi to get fr om the supermarket to the house with groceries, to catch a meeting, to the doctor or to a concert, especially if you need to go to the city center.
Services combine small taxi fleets and private owners, connect them to applications, which, using algorithms, calculate the optimal routes, look for customers close to the place of their destination and thus save time and money for both driver and passenger.
Yandex.Taxi offers to call a taxi not to wh ere you are, but to walk a few meters wh ere it is easier to pick passenger to get faster and cheaper service. This saves time for both the driver and the passenger.
According to the press service of the Department of Transport, Moscow has become the third cheapest city for taxi services in the world. According to the study the cheaper is only Cairo and Bangkok (international Taxi Price Index 2017). The study was conducted by the British online service Carspring which is engage in sale and rental of used cars. The study is based on the average check per kilometer of trip within the city, which in the Russian capital amounts 15 rubles.
The next stage is self driving taxis. Specialists from the Moscow Department of Transportation say this will happen in the next 10 years. The first taxis without drivers are already operating in Singapore and Pittsburgh.
Since August, the first testing ground for driverless vehicles has been operating in Moscow; on a 400-meter-long track, they have completely tried to reproduce the urban environment, there are bus stops, road signs, markings, pedestrian crossings and roundabouts. The role of pedestrians on the zebra is performed by the employees of the Technopark Caliber, in whose territory the landfill is located.
At this time, Yandex is looking for a partner to develop a semi-autonomous vehicle control system and creates, in partnership with Kamaz, artificial intelligence-based services for trucks.
In addition to updating and changing public transport schemes, the Moscow Administration encourages the development of car sharing services.
Car sharing is a short-term car rental with a per-minute or hourly rate for city trips. The convenience is that the car can be left at any company parking lot, and not returned to the same place wh ere it was taken.
In 2017, five companies operate in the capital: YouDrive, Delimobil, Anytime, Car5 and BelkaCar. In February 2018, it is planned to launch the sixth car-sharing service - Yandex.Drive.
The general car-sharing park - 2 650 cars. Every day, each car is rented on an average of eight times. According to the dynamics of the growth of the car-sharing fleet, Moscow is the first in the world. In 2017, 600 thousand people were registered in the system, of which 350,000 regularly take cars. Since 2015, the number of trips has increased from 35,000 to 2,400,000 per year.
As the transport image of the city changes, Moscow residents rethink their attitude to the car ownership and how to move around the city. Some abandon idea having a car, as the city provides many cheap and convenient opportunities to replace it: rental cars, taxis, public transport.
But most of Moscow residents still prefer to combine using public transport and taxi with a private car: some, for example, prefer to use public transport or taxi to the office and city centre and own car for the trips to dacha or to the countryside. Using your own car can be beneficial because it is possible to save up to 50% on comprehensive insurance if you install a telematics device in the car such as the Element system from Smart Driving Laboratory, which will evaluate the driver's behavior on road and monitor compliance with the insurance agreement. All these factors lead to a change in the image of the city and transport infrastructure. There are fewer cars used more efficiently, and therefore Moscow is becoming more convenient for residents and it's visitors.
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How internet of things is changing companies
A lot has already been said and written about the Internet of things, but in this article I would not like to talk not about the Internet of things itself, but rather about the impact it has on companies and consumers.
Smart Driving Laboratory: Summing up the outgoing year
If you will forgive the cliché, we frankly speaking look back at the outgoing year with a sense of satisfaction. In 2018, we made a break forward: new partners joined us, we launched large connected car projects and developed new technological solutions.
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Die Liste der Kulturgüter in Walenstadt enthält alle Objekte in der Gemeinde Walenstadt im Kanton St. Gallen, die gemäss der Haager Konvention zum Schutz von Kulturgut bei bewaffneten Konflikten, dem Bundesgesetz vom 20. Juni 2014 über den Schutz der Kulturgüter bei bewaffneten Konflikten sowie der Verordnung vom 29. Oktober 2014 über den Schutz der Kulturgüter bei bewaffneten Konflikten unter Schutz stehen.

Objekte der Kategorien A und B sind vollständig in der Liste enthalten, Objekte der Kategorie C fehlen zurzeit (Stand: 13. Oktober 2021).

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 Walenstadt, in: Daniel Studer (Hrsg.): Kunst- und Kulturführer Kanton St. Gallen. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7995-0153-3, S. 396–403.
 Erwin Rothenhäusler (Bearb.): Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons St. Gallen. Band 1. Der Bezirk Sargans (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz; Bd. 25). Birkhäuser, Basel 1951.

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The Ukulele group meets in room 2 of the Pink Lane U3A Offices.
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month starting at 10:30am finishing about 12 ish.
We play and sing along to a range of popular songs which can be accessed by using the "Links"
Check picture on right how to TUNE your Ukulele !


The House: This is a large house in a perfect location, central to all of Connemara with wonderful lake and mountain views. It would appeal to many because of its proximity to Galway and to Clifden, the capital of Connemara. The house is ideal for groups of eight and for families due to the safety of its enclosed garden. It is perfect if you wish to use as a base for touring, or visiting the Aran Islands and it is in close proximity to The Western Way, the Maam Turk Mountains and the Twelve Bens for Hill Walkers. Nearby local amenities include mountain climbing, hill walking, golfing, horse-riding, fishing, sailing, scuba-diving, spectacular beaches and the Kilary Adventure Centre and cycling.
Inside: As you walk in you enter in to an open plan sitting area which opens up in to the kitchen and dining area. The sitting area has stove, couch and chair and off this is a utility room with kitchen units and washing machine and dryer. Off the utility room is a small bathroom with toilet and sink. Back in to an open plan area where kitchen is well equipped with all mod cons, an American style fridge that makes ice, and big creamy floor tiles. Off this area are two doors, one leads in to a sitting room with a stove and big windows with lake and mountain views. The other door leads in to a hallway and off this hallway is a conservatory with great lake views. Down the hallway there is a twin room with wooden floors, a fitted wardrobe and a double bedroom with a wooden floor. On your right hand side are two bathrooms finished to very high standard.One with bath, sink and toilet and one with shower, sink and toilet. There are two further double bedrooms, one of which one is ensuite.Outside is a grand two gated entrance with a tarmac drive and a well maintained garden which is totally enclosed.


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Realtors: Have your commissions been cut? In this highly competitive market many co-op agents are only being offered 2 – 2.5% commission, but not at S&A Homes! We recognize that Realtors are our best partners and our relationship with you is one of our strongest assets. That is why S&A Homes has committed to offering a 3% co-op commission. Yes, 3% on each and every sale.
And, there is really only one rule. You must accompany your buyer on their first visit and register them at the community they purchase in. After that, you are welcome to participate as much as you want, or as little. The S&A Homes sales team is fully equipped to handle your buyer through the selection process and all the way to the closing table. If you have somethingcome up and can't make closing, no problem. Think of us as an extension of your sales team, now your buyer has two people to help them with the process of purchasing a new home.
USDA Financing – It's Back!
When the USDA announced in June that it was no longer extending loans to first-time homebuyers, the grumblings from S&A Sales Consultants and homebuyers alike could be heard throughout the states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. After all, USDA financing is the only program that allows first time buyers to purchase a home with NO MONEY DOWN.
• 100% Financing allowed, requiring no money out of pocket for down payment.
• Unlike FHA Financing, no monthly Mortgage Insurance Premiums apply.
• Gift money can be used for closing costs.
• Closing Costs can be rolled into purchase price if appraisal values support doing so and/or seller's contributions are allowable up to 6%.
• Interest Rates are competitive with Conventional & FHA Rates.
To show the power of this program, take our Bennett Run community in York, PA as an example.
This second experience of house building with S&A Homes has shown once again their commitment and dedication to the homeowner and their family. Everyone is a pleasure to work with and they always make sure my questions and concerns are addressed in an efficient and timely manner. I would give any of my family and friends a solid reference for this company for consideration of the construction of their new house.
Our experience with our new S&A Home surpassed expectations and we see the quality in the home on a daily basis. S&A differentiates themselves by selecting the highest quality products and by hiring exceptional contractors, sales & staff that were knowledgeable and easy to work with. We realize the value in the ENERGY STAR™ home in our monthly utility bills. The Cobblestone community was the ideal location, but S&A delivered the perfect home.
Situated on the banks of the Ohio River, just 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, lies the quaint village of Sewickley, PA. With history dating back to the revolutionary war times, the town evokes images of yesteryear. From its tree-lined streets to the Tudor-style architecture that dots the downtown landscape, Sewickley is home to many community events including the upcoming Annual Fall Gallery Walk. Sewickley is also located in the renowned Quaker Valley School District, whose high school was ranked in the top 2% nationwide by U.S. News in 2006. It is not often that residents are able to purchase an affordable brand new home in an area so steeped in history, culture & education.
The never ending stream of conflicting news reports on the state of housing today has left many potential home purchasers sitting on the fence, trying to make heads or tails of the real estate market. The news headlines say it all. Two headlines that appeared next to one another on the Yahoo Finance News Page on August 31st read 'Home Prices Rise 4.4% in June' and 'Home Prices Probably Cooled, Consumer Sentiment Languished'. An oxymoron of sorts, this is just one example of why some potential homebuyers are afraid to make a move.
However, it is Time's recent news story, 'Rethinking Home Ownership', published on September 6th that has really stirred the pot. The article claims that home ownership is dramatically overrated and gives examples like the fact that the average homeowner ONLY receives an additional $542 on their tax refund compared to renters (never mind the hundreds and thousands of dollars that go towards one's principal investment each month, since that is not discussed in the article). The article also claims that home expenses are ongoing and expensive to homeowners.
The opinions outlined in this article are tough for a company like S&A Homes to swallow. Our energy efficient homes save our average homeowner hundreds to thousands of dollars a year in utility savings alone because of our ability to far surpass even ENERGY STAR™ standards. Compare that to the average utility bill for a renter that has no say in the type of energy system, insulation or lighting they pay for.
It seems that we are all looking for a little extra cash these days! From joining online coupon sites to looking for deals at local restaurants, every little bit helps. S&A Homes even has a way for you to put a little extra green in your pocket, and it's easy.
Anyone who brings a home buyer to S&A Homes will receive $500 if the friend purchases a new home from S&A Homes. What's the catch? Well that's simple. The $500 is payable at closing and your friend must mention the referral the very first visit or bring in the referral card.
Carved into the side of the mountain and nestled in the trees in Chambersburg, Pa. is the tucked away S&A Homes community of Eagle Rock. This beautiful neighborhood provides homeowners with the privacy of large 1/3 to 1/2 acre lots and features home packages that start in the $220,000s.
Inside Eagle Rock, you'll find many home plans to choose from including the popular Amesbury floorplan. This plan has everything a homeowner could want in 2,700 square-foot house. Some of the amazing features this four bedroom plan includes are a first floor study, back-to-back living room and dining room providing a flow that is perfect for entertaining, a spacious kitchen that opens to the family room, a large, two-story foyer and hardwood floors in the foyer. Best of all, home buyers know that this is an energy efficient home because of its Energy Star certification.
Let's face it: in today's economy everyone is doing what they can to save money. Cutting coupons, eating at home, and skipping vacations have become the norm this day in age. After all, saving a few hundred dollars a month can go a long way towards building a nest egg.
As a consumer, it can be difficult to navigate this new realm – how do you know a brand's claims are for real? Well, when it comes to energy efficient new homes, there is no better way than the use of thermal imaging.
What is thermal imaging? Essentially, it is a picture taken of the home that identifies any air leaks. The majority of heating inefficiencies in homes result from air leaks from improperly sealed its windows, ductwork and entry points for mechanicals.


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GBUM condemns state terrorism against the peaceful protestors of Chilas City, Diamer. On February 18, 2010, security forces shot at and killed three and injured seven innocent people of Gilgit-Baltistan who were demanding royalty and resource-loss compensation as a result of Pakistan's decision to construct a dam in their district.
GBUM salutes those who received martyrdom while fighting for their just rights and guarantees that their sacrifices will not go waste. Pakistan cannot force the people of Gilgit-Baltistan to agree on the construction of the dam. Diamer dam is a disputed issue built on disputed land. Construction of the dam is a conspiracy and seen by locals as state-led ethnic extermination. In the guise of infrastructure development, Pakistan is destroying local cultural heritage, national identity, civilization, control over precious antiques, and elimination of local dwellings.
The people of Gilgit-Baltistan extend their support to the residents of Diamer to fight and fail Pakistan in her endeavours to destroy land, resources and identity of the region. Diamer dam is not an issue that pertains to geographical, economic and social security of the entire Gilgit-Baltistan. Through this press release, GBUM intends to give a wake up call to the natives of Gilgit-Baltistan to unite with the people of Diamer.
The Dam is being constructed in violation of international political and water-rights laws. The Dam is being built in Gilgit-Baltistan, which is not a part of Pakistan but the dam royalty will go to Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. The inundation of several villages and valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan and farmland and pastures will thus benefit the people of Pakistan. The cities of Pakistan will be electrified and illuminated from Diamer while destroying the livelihood and resource base of local people. The dam is primarily built as water storage body to provide irrigation to the deserts of Punjab in Pakistan; and the cost of destruction to farmland and pasture will be borne by the locals.
In the name of providing jobs to skilled people, thousands of Pakistanis will be settled in Diamer who will compete with locals for social services, and also cause demographic change in Pakistan's favour.
GBUM urges the United Nations and human rights organizations to take strict action against those who killed and injured local protestors. Gilgit-Baltistan is part of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and currently under illegal occupation of Pakistan. In 1948, Pakistan was directed by the United Nations to withdraw from Gilgit-Baltistan within 90 days. Pakistani continued presence in the region is a clear violation of the UN resolutions on Kashmir.
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Energy Catapult chief reconvenes EV Energy taskforce
20/10/2020 at 6:42pm Denise Chevin Electric Vehicles,	Energy networks,	News,	Build Back Better,	Clean Growth Strategy,	Climate Change,	decarbonisation,	electric vehicles,	EVs
The EV Energy Taskforce, which brings together energy and automotive industries, has been asked to reconvene to help overcome obstacles to the rollout of electric vehicles.
The Taskforce was originally announced as a part of the government's 'Road to Zero' strategy to plan for the changes that will take place as a result of rising electric vehicle use. Its work culminated in a wide-ranging report in published in January 2020.
Chair Philip New (pictured), said that the Office of Low Emission Vehicles had asked him to reconvene the group to help drive through changes that are needed to ready the UK for the transition to low-carbon transport.
"We'll continue to draw together the multiple actors in the space to be a sort of clearing house to connect people and provide coherent feedback to policy makers and government about the progress of the different sectors," he explained.
"Our role is also to provide an independent view of how proposals in the original report is being actioned – and, where they are not progressing, set out actions – so in essence monitoring what is going on."
The restarting of the group comes as widespread reports that government is expected to bring forward the
ban on petrol and diesel cars to 2030, from 2035, which was the timescale called for by a number of large energy companies, including SSE, Centrica and Scottish Power.
The report called for smart charging to the default for EV users connecting at home from next year as one of its 21 recommendations, which also called on the government and Ofgem to support the development of a new co-ordinated and accessible market for flexibility, aimed at EV drivers, by 2023 at the latest.
New said: "It definitely feels like the government response has been positive since the report was launched and there's a lot of good work underway."
New pointed to the development of British Standards for smart appliances, including smart chargers as well as the work of the Energy Data Task Force on handling and sharing data "which crosses into our recommendations."
He also welcomed the introduction of the £500 million package of measures to include the rapid charging fund announced in the March 2020 budget, as a means of boosting confidence amongst consumers. The purpose of the rapid charging fund will fund a portion of grid connection costs at strategic sites on motorways.
The sales of electric cars are rising. By September, EVs accounted for 6.7 per cent (66,611) of all cars registered in the year-to-date. That is up from just 2.2 per cent during the same period in 2019.
The Taskforce will report on how its proposals can be turned into action at an event on Thursday (22 October).
You can read more from Philip New and the ambitions and barriers to EV infrastructure rollout in Utility Week's Green Recovery Report, produced in association with Addleshaw Goddard
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The African American Studies Program at UofSC was established in 1971 to shine a light on the African American experience throughout history. Scholars in this program have advanced our social, cultural and political understanding of the African American experience. Studying Black intellectual traditions gives our students the perspectives to adapt to a changing world and informs our commitment to social equity and civil discourse.
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USSA recruits next generation for refits
By Lisa Overing April 16, 2019
Photo by Lisa Overing
KATE PEARSON: Photo courtesy of Kate Pearson.
The sixth annual summit for the United States Superyacht Association (USSA) in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. championed more refits in American shipyards, with continuing emphasis on recruiting young adults into trade professions for the marine industry.
"The summit is a great way to get together and share info in an obscure, rather private industry," said Kate Pearson, chairman of USSA and vice president of business development for Safe Harbor Marinas. "We are clearing up misconceptions of the industry. It's not all big white boats and yacht owners, our heart and soul is our craftsmen and tradesmen."
Citing statistics from a recent USSA census of its domestic members conducted by Martin Redmayne in 2017, Pearson said key influencers choose a shipyard because of relationships, with trust and communication from personal, past experience as the chief reason specific shipyards are selected for superyacht retrofit projects, followed by cost, reputation and yard location.
"So far,1,568 vessels have booked work year-to-date in respective shipyard facilities," said Pearson, adding 1,800 yachts booked refits in the USA during 2018 as reported by 34 American refit yards providing data.
Nearly 100 summit delegates discussed targeting influencers and decision makers including captains, brokers and naval architects driving refit decisions to help American yards compete in the global refit market. In addition, industry veterans should be training the next generation of workers in shipyards through apprenticeship programs and other options.
"Across the board, workforce development is a priority with fine craftsmen aging out toward the end of their careers," said Pearson. "We're reaching out to community colleges and universities."
"The four year college panacea doesn't exist anymore," said American superyacht owner Matt Voorhees. "We must help young people today to learn a trade," he said, adding that high school counselors push four year degrees with students accumulating $50 - $60,000 in debt. "There are plumbers making millions, but who tells that story?"
Kitty McGowan, president of USSA, shared that Junior Achievement (JA) now has a marine focus, in addition to other marine workforce development programs associated with Broward College in Fort Lauderdale.
"I am a journeyman, a diesel mechanic by trade," said Graeme Lord, owner of Fairport Yacht Support. "Someone needs to tell young people if you can do this work, you could own your own company. We must focus on the next generation in this industry."
Lord said he can't find enough good project managers.
"Why don't more captains go into this?" he asked, adding, "This is physically demanding, hard work."
Pearson is pleased that advocacy efforts united Tilman Fertitta, an American superyacht owner, to partner with USSA to drive 2018 legislation allowing private yachts over 300GT to fly an American flag.
Previously, Americans owning yachts exceeding the 300-GT limit could fly the U.S. flag only by registering their yacht as a commercial vessel as per laws written nearly a century ago. Commercial vessels are held to operational and construction standards not applicable to large yachts, causing complications for large yachts. The sweeping legislation may lead to more superyacht repair, service and refits for domestic shipyards and subcontractors.
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In this work we study the problem of estimating the parameters of a bilinear model describing, e.g., the amplitude modulation of extremely low frequency electromagnetic (ELFE) signatures of submarines. A similar problem arises in estimation of a nonlinear dynamic system using a Hammerstein–Wiener model, where two nonlinear static blocks surround a linear dynamic block. For these purposes a new method is derived. It is also shown in the same context that a two-stage method for parameter estimation of Hammerstein–Wiener models can be interpreted as an approximate least squares method. We also show the similarities with the problem of weighted low-rank approximation and the fact that these problems can be solved exactly in finite time using solvers for global optimization of systems of polynomials based on self dual optimization.
In this paper a number of covariance matrix estimators suggested in the literature are compared in terms of their performance in the context of array signal processing. More specifically they are applied in adaptive beamforming which is known to be sensitive to errors in the covariance matrix estimate and where often only a limited amount of data is available for estimation. As many covariance matrix estimators have the form of diagonal loading or eigenvalue adjustments of the sample covariance matrix and as they sometimes offer robustness to array imperfections and finite sample error, they are compared to a recent robustified adaptive Capon beamforming (RCB) method which also has a diagonal loading interpretation. Some of the covariance estimators show a significant improvement over the sample covariance matrix and in some cases they match the performance of the RCB even when a priori knowledge, which is not available in practice, is used for choosing the user parameter of RCB.
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Louis Holzweissig, auch Holzweißig, (* 16. Juni 1840 in Kölsa, Kreis Delitzsch; † 27. September 1916 vermutlich in Eilenburg) war ein deutscher Textilfabrikant. Er war Königlicher Kommerzienrat und Ehrenbürger der Stadt Eilenburg.

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Holzweissig gründete Anfang der 1870er-Jahre in Eilenburg eine Pikeefabrik am Jacobsplatz. Die Stadt hatte sich seit Beginn des Jahrhunderts zu einem bedeutenden Textilproduktionsstandort in Preußen entwickelt. Holzweissig betrieb auf dem ausgedehnten Firmengelände in der Hinterstadt "Mechanische Webereien, Bleiche und Appretur-Anstalt" und führte auch Lohn-Veredelung von Textilien durch. Innerhalb kurzer Zeit war die Belegschaft auf über 200 Arbeiter angewachsen. Darüber hinaus unterhielt er ein Zweigwerk in Hirschfelde bei Zittau. Er starb 1916 und wurde auf dem Stadtfriedhof Eilenburg im Familiengrab beigesetzt. Nach dem Tod von Holzweissig übernahm dessen Sohn Max (* 2. März 1870; † 20. April 1937) den väterlichen Betrieb. Das Unternehmen überlebte die Weltwirtschaftskrise nicht und wurde 1931 zwangsversteigert.

Neben seiner unternehmerischen Tätigkeit war Louis Holzweissig kommunalpolitisch aktiv. Um 1890 wurde er Mitglied der Stadtverordneten-Versammlung von Eilenburg und im Laufe des Jahrzehnts deren Vorsteher. In seiner Eigenschaft als Stadtrat war er Mitglied in den "Commissionen" für Finanzen, Bau sowie die Errichtung der Pfarrhäuser (1898), in den "Curatorien" der städtischen Sparkasse und des Realprogymnasiums sowie in der "Deputation für Aichamt und Beleuchtungswesen" und der "Schul-Deputation". Darüber hinaus war er im Vorstand des Vereins für Volkswohl und Mitglied des "Gemeinde-Kirchenraths" St. Nicolai. Ab 1905 bis mindestens 1911 war Holzweissig zugeordneter (stellvertretender) Meister vom Stuhl der Eilenburger Freimaurerloge Zur Eule auf der Warte. Er machte mehrfach große Spenden, so 1904 5.000 Mark zur Unterstützung einer Kinderbewahrungsanstalt in Eilenburg, 1906 5500 Mark für eine neue Orgel in der Kirche seines Heimatdorfes Kölsa und 1916 10.000 Mark wiederum an die Stadt Eilenburg.

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 Verleihung des Titels Königlicher Kommerzienrat
 Verleihung der Ehrenbürgerschaft der Stadt Eilenburg
 2002: Benennung einer Straße auf dem ehemaligen Betriebsgelände des Eilenburger Chemiewerks; mit Änderung des Bebauungsplans und der damit verbundenen Änderung des Verlaufs der Erschließungsstraßen wurde die Benennung 2006 wieder aufgehoben

Einzelnachweise

Unternehmer (Sachsen)
Textilunternehmer (19. Jahrhundert)
Textilunternehmer (20. Jahrhundert)
Kommerzienrat
Ehrenbürger im Landkreis Nordsachsen
Person (Eilenburg)
Freimaurer (Deutschland)
Freimaurer (20. Jahrhundert)
Deutscher
Geboren 1840
Gestorben 1916
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Britannia Inferior (Latin for "Lower Britain") was a new province carved out of Roman Britain  probably around AD 197 during the reforms of Septimius Severus although the division may have occurred later, between 211 and 220, under Caracalla. The removal of the governors in Londinium from control over the legions guarding Hadrian's Wall was aimed at reducing their power, given Clodius Albinus's recent bid to become emperor. The province was probably formalised around 214 by Severus's son Caracalla.

Including most of modern northern England and the Midlands, the region was governed from the city of Eboracum (modern York) by a praetorian legate in command of a single legion stationed in the city. This subdivision of Britannia lasted throughout the Severan dynasty until the reorganisation of the empire under Diocletian in 296.

Establishment
During the reign of Commodus, the defences along the northern border of the empire in Britannia fell into neglect and disrepair.  The peace of the region was further disturbed in the tumultuous period after Commodus' death as the military power vacuum on the continent distracted the defensive legions stationed in Britannia. After his accession in 193, Severus took special interest in refortifying the northern border in Britannia, and in 208 he moved to Eboracum to oversee the military campaigns against the northern tribes. While there is some confusion as to the exact date when the subdivision of Britannia was made, it seems clear that Severus's intentions were to break up the size of the military under the command of an individual governor (as he had done in Syria), preventing them from wielding too large a military force, or at least one that could destabilize the emperor's control.

An African inscription dated to the reign of Caracalla provides a potential early confirmation of the division occurring under Severus. Herodian puts the date of the split in 197, although there is no evidence of this distinction being formalised in inscriptions until after the death of Severus in 211. Thus, it is likely that the division of military control in Britannia was formally established by Caracalla sometime between 211 and 20. Caracalla also moved the southern border of the province northwards from the line established by Severus, transferring northern modern Wales and the region surrounding Chester to Britannia Superior.

History
In the reign of Severus, the province's fortifications were significantly improved in order to provide better defence against northern tribes. A major rebuilding of Hadrian's Wall was included among these efforts. The province hosted a single legion during Caracalla's reign, the VI Victrix, which was stationed at Eboracum. However, although Britannia Inferior had only the single legion (compared to the two stationed in Britannia Superior) the northern province actually had more soldiers than the south did, as a result of the large number of auxiliaries in the north. After the successes of Severus against the northern tribes, these troops furnished small units known as exploratores which were sent beyond the frontier to oversee native activities and ensure that the terms of Roman treaties with these groups were upheld. These measures were mostly effective and during Britannia Inferior's existence the northern border was largely peaceful after the campaign of Severus.

From 260 to 273 AD Britannia Inferior, along with much of the rest of the western Empire, broke away from the rest of the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire. The second half of the province's history also coincided with a period of poor economic conditions across Roman Britain.

The symbol of the province, attested by several lead sealings, was a bull.

Reorganisation
In 296, the emperor Diocletian conducted a major reorganisation of the empire. The newly named Diocese of Britannia was subdivided into four provinces, Britannia Prima and Maxima Caesariensis from Britannia Superior and Britannia Secunda (capital in Eboracum) and Flavia Caesariensis (capital in Lindum) from Britannia Inferior.

See also

Britannia Superior ("Upper Britain")
Roman Britain, the Roman controlled area in Britain of which Britannia Inferior and Superior were the two primary subdivisions

References

Late Roman provinces
States and territories established in the 190s
3rd century in Roman Britain
States and territories disestablished in the 3rd century
197 establishments
190s establishments in the Roman Empire
2nd-century establishments in Roman Britain
290s disestablishments in the Roman Empire
3rd-century disestablishments in Roman Britain
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Q: Error handling in R in RStudio -- don't invoke debugger? I'm trying to create error messages similar to those you can find in R package dplyr that don't invoke RStudio's debugger and simply stop and print an informative message.
So for example in RStudio if you use:

library(dplyr)
group_by(blah)

You get an informative error but the debugger is not invoked so the "interruption" to the user is minimal, they realize the issue and fix the code. But when I use
myfunc<-function(val){
  if(val>3) stop("This is error", call.=FALSE)
}

myfunc(4)

The debugger is triggered and it's more unpleasant. How do I simply give a nice error message with out starting the debugger? What is the difference in how dplyr is creating error messages and mine? I did look at the GitHub repo but wasn't sure.

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Each module has weekly lecture notes and a recording already created to introduce you to the topic and point you in the right direction. Based on the topic and the background you are to develop a presentation which will show the head administrator the positive and negative aspects of allowing employees to utilize portable computing devices at work. If for instance, you are undertaking the wireless vulnerabilities topic, you would then need to show the dangers and potential threats, how they can eventuate and at the same time mitigated. You may also contrast this with case studies of other hospitals or medical facilities and examine the mitigation strategies that they have employed.
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UKRI Future Leader joins MRC LMS
7 May 2019 Grants and awards
Michelle Percharde, Head of the Chromatin and Development Group announced as one of the inaugural recipients of the UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowships.
Michelle is one of the first of a new generation of rising stars across research and business who will tackle pressing global challenges through the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships initiative.
The first wave of 41 Fellows announced today will investigate a diverse range of challenges from the effects of poverty on child development to climate change and next generation mobile networks, with the time, freedom and encouragement to cross boundaries and disciplines in pursuit of excellence.
The £900m fund will provide enhanced flexibility ensuring the UK can attract and support the very best talent by providing generous, long-term funding of up to 7 years to research leaders in multidisciplinary research fields.
UK Research and Innovation Chief Executive Mark Walport said:
"The Future Leaders Fellowships offer long-term support for the most talented researchers and innovators. Fellows will be encouraged to be adventurous in tackling tough and important research questions and opportunities for innovation.
"The Fellowships offer opportunities to move across disciplinary boundaries and between academia and industry. These Fellowships will enable us to grow the strong supply of talented individuals needed to ensure that UK research and innovation continues to be world leading."
The Fellowship has brought Michelle back to the UK from the USA, where she held a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) with Prof. Miguel Ramalho-Santos.
Michelle's Future Leaders Fellowship will bring together her research interests and experience in epigenetics, developmental biology and transposons, and allow her to perform cutting-edge research tackling the question of how transposable elements, previously neglected parts of our DNA, function in the earliest stages of development.
Speaking about the Fellowship, Michelle said:
"I am delighted to be one of the first cohort of Future Leaders Fellows. The Fellowship will enable me to establish myself as an independent leader in the field of transposons and development. I will use it to build a team committed to investigating how the regulation of retrotransposons is important in embryo development and can be disrupted in disease."
Epigenetic beginnings
Michelle's fascination with chromatin began with her undergraduate and summer research project for her Biochemistry degree at University of Cambridge. There, she worked in the lab of Professor Dame Jean Thomas and was inspired by her lab's fundamental work on chromatin structure and epigenetic regulation of gene expression.
Michelle then went on to do a PhD at Imperial College London in developmental biology in the labs of Veronique Azuara and Malcolm Parker. During her PhD, Michelle discovered a protein, Ncoa3, which is essential for the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells.
But it was when Michelle moved to the USA for her postdoc that her interest in transposons began. In Miguel Ramalho-Santos's Lab she investigated novel aspects of gene regulation during mammalian development, with a particular focus on retrotransposons. Retrotransposons are pieces of our DNA known to be 'mobile' and so able to paste themselves into new sites within our genomes.
Image shows a mouse blastocyst (early stage embryo) showing expression of the transposon LINE1 (red) and DNA (blue) stained with DAPI
Commenting on this research Michelle says:
"The expression of retrotransposons has previously been considered to be highly destructive for cells; however, my work uncovered that a common transposon, LINE1, also plays surprising and essential roles in normal embryo development. This work highlights how little is understood about the roles of transposons in cells, especially in normal or healthy embryo development."
Moving to the MRC LMS
It was the world-class epigenetic and gene regulation expertise and balanced, supportive mix of junior and senior groups that drew Michelle to the MRC LMS, alongside the link with Imperial College London and the developments going on in White City.
"My research, at the intersect of transposon biology, development and epigenetics was an ideal fit to the research interests of the Institute." said Michelle.
Michelle moved to Imperial College and the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (MRC LMS) in September 2018 to start her own independent research group. Transposon biology is a rapidly growing field, where we are only now beginning to appreciate the brilliance of Barbara McClintock and her insight in the discovery and understanding of transposons as control elements within our DNA. Michelle will use tools like CRISPR, RNA sequencing and genomics – technology that has been crucial to the growth of the field of transposon biology and for our understanding of these repeating sections of DNA.
Michelle has previously shown how a transposon called LINE1 was crucial for normal development as it allowed embryos to move beyond the two-cell stage – a critical step in development. But this Fellowship will allow her and her growing lab to understand how these transposons may contribute to disease.
Director of the MRC LMS, Professor Dame Amanda Fisher had this to say about Michelle being awarded her fellowship:
"It is fantastic that Michelle has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. She is an outstanding young scientist and the new scheme enables her to return to the UK after studying in the USA, to start her independent career. Congratulations to Michelle and to the other UKRI future leaders announced today".
You can join Michelle's lab now too as she is currently seeking a postdoc. Find more information about the role and how to apply here.
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